anarchist
noun/ˈænəkɪst/
/ˈænərkɪst/
- a person who believes that laws and governments are not necessaryTopics War and conflictc2, Politicsc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek anarkhos ‘without a chief’ (from an- ‘without’ + arkhos ‘chief, ruler’) + -ist; later influenced by French anarchiste.
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